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Using MiSTer with NAS

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Is there an up-to-date easy to follow guide on configuring MiSTer to get it's ROM from a NAS?

Most articles I found online are for those running RetroNAS.

Is there anything for those using Qnap or Synology NAS?

And would a 16GB SD card be sufficient since the ROMs are no longer stored locally?

Thanks!

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Re: Using MiSTer with NAS

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Re: Using MiSTer with NAS

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For NFS there's more docs here:
https://code.area536.com/Public/misternfs

To expand a bit on Asteld's reply, using MiSTer with a NAS is not documented as such. On your NAS you can share part of your storage over either the CIFS/SMB protocol or NFS. Using those shared bits of storage is documented on the links given.

If you haven't got a preference for one of the protocols I'd pick CIFS for now. A 16GB SD card would be more than enough if you don't store the contents of /media/fat/games on the card.

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Re: Using MiSTer with NAS

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Bas wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 2:32 pm

For NFS there's more docs here:
https://code.area536.com/Public/misternfs

To expand a bit on Asteld's reply, using MiSTer with a NAS is not documented as such. On your NAS you can share part of your storage over either the CIFS/SMB protocol or NFS. Using those shared bits of storage is documented on the links given.

If you haven't got a preference for one of the protocols I'd pick CIFS for now. A 16GB SD card would be more than enough if you don't store the contents of /media/fat/games on the card.

Thanks! I'll build it in one of my spare 16GB cards to muck around with it.

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Re: Using MiSTer with NAS

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Got it working.

It's as simple as downloading cifs_mount.sh from https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Scripts ... s_mount.sh, editing this SH script according to NAS settings and shares, and then running it in the MiSTer! :)

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Re: Using MiSTer with NAS

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This is also nice if you have multiple MisTer boxes in your setup. They can all use the same roms on the NAS and have vastly different settings/configs. I use the CIFS mount script with my SYnology NAS box and it works amazing.

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